Kim McLane Wardlaw

Rule Changes

Sat on the three-judge panel

Homeland Security agents cannot knock on doors to question people about their citizenship in nine states before Tuesday's midterms. Late Friday, a majority of judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit declined to rehear a three-judge panel's decision that kept a lower-court injunction in place. Seven judges dissented.

Updated 2 hours ago

Rule Changes

Authored majority opinion in January 2026 ruling

Venezuela received Temporary Protected Status in 2021, shielding hundreds of thousands from deportation. In January 2025, newly appointed Secretary Kristi Noem moved to terminate it—an action federal courts have blocked as exceeding her authority.

Updated May 26